Butter-forming machine.



Patented Dec. 12, 19H3.

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Witness N. CHOQUETTE.

BUTTER FORMING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APR,24.1915.

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POLEo/V J7/METTE hmmm Allomcys NAPOLEONCHOQUETTE, OF ST. LUDGER, QUEBEC, CANADA.

BUTTER-FORMING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. l2, 1916.

Application filed April 24, 1915. Serial No. 23,642.

T all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that l, NAPOLEON CHO- Qun'rrn, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at St. Ludger, Frontenac county, Province of Quebec7 Canada, have invented certain new and useful lmprovements in Butter-Forming Machines; and l do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in he art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention refers to machine for use in butter making-dairies and more particularly, kit is a machine for forming the worked butter into equal pieces of a. pound or any other usual standard-measure.

For obtaining that purpose my invention consists of parts, which in the running of the machine, automatically cut a layer of butter of equal thickness into strips and cut the strips into single pieces, transporting the butter from the one side of the machine to the other side, so that continually butter can be fed at the one side and the cut pieces can be taken away at the other side of the machine.

Other details of the invention will be made clear in the following description.

ln order to more clearly disclose the construction, operation, and use of the invention, reference should be had to the accomp-anying drawings forming` part of the present application.

Throughout the several figures of the drawings like reference characters designate the same parts.

ln the drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of the new machine, partly in section; Fig. 2 is a plan view of same; Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the partof the machine for transporting the cut strips of butter to the mechanism, which cuts the strips into pieces; Fig. et is a perspective view of the cutter which cuts the layer of butter to strips; Fig. 5 is a detail of the driving mechanism of thecutter; and Fig. 6 is the table for rolling the butter to a layer.

ln the shown embodiment of my invention the butter, after having been worked in the churn and on a table-plate. a butterworker or a working-annex to the churn, is put on the table shown in Fig. 6, which consists of a wheel-mounted lower-frame 1,

legs or supports 2 and trusses 3 on the front end and the upper-frame 4 with handles 5. The table according to Fig. 6 has trusses 3 and no legs at its rear end; because its use in combination with some kinds of churns and with the special construction of my butter-cutting device to be described make such construction preferable; but likewise any other constructions may be used. @n the upper frame Ll a plate 6 with two lateral borders 7 is put, and by means of a roller 8 rolling on the two borders 7 the heap of butter which is put on the plate 6, can be rolled into a layer of equal thickness.

The butter cutting machine comprises a support as better shown in Figs. 1 and 2 consisting of a plurality of vertical spaced legs 9 some of which are connected by the cross bars 9. Supported upon these legs and extending transversely thereof are the transverse bars 10. Also mounted upon the bars 9 is an extended frame comprising ver'- tically extending boards 27 and horizontally arranged bars 27. Journaled within bearings 11 supported upon the horizontal. bars 27 is a driving shaft 11 which can be driven by any suitable source of power. Keyed upon the shaft 11 adjacent each end thereof are disks 12 the purpose of which will be later described and connected to the opposite ends of the shaft are gear wheels and in the drawing only one of these gear wheels 13 is shown.

In Fig. 2 of the drawings l have illustrated one side of the butter cutting machine but of course the other side of the machine is to be a duplicate thereof and for this reason it is thought that further explanation or showing of the machine is deemed unnecessary.

Journaled in suitable bearings carried by the frame are the gear wheels 14 and 15 which are in mesh with each other and the gear wheel 14 being in mesh with the gear 13. Journaled within a bearing carried by the bar is a shaft 16 having keyed to the outer end thereof a bevel gear adapted to mesh with the bevel gear 17 carried by the shaft 18 and the latter may be supported in suitable bearings carried by the bar 10. Carried by the shaft 18 are bevel gears 19 which are adapted to mesh with bevel Vgears car ried by the shafts 2O and journaled within the bearings 20 supported upon the bar 10.

The inner ends of these shafts 20 are jourY naled within the boards 27 having keyed thereto the sprocket wheels 24. Y

Jrdjustably mounted within the frame of the machine are a plurality of horizontally arranged bars 21 and 22 which have rigidly vconnected thereto the cutting blades or knives 23. lThese knives 23 extend parallel with each other and are adapted for reciprocating movement whereby they will cut the butter into blocks of the proper configuration.

Secured upon the boards 27 are the idler sprocket wheels 26 over which passes the sprocket chain 25 and the latter is adapted to mesh with the sprocket wheel 24. rI wo of these sprocket chains are arranged at each side of the frame of the machine and each carry an apertured projection 28 in which are adapted to rest the outer ends of the rods 29. These rods 29 are slidably mounted within the boards 21 and 22 and the inner ends of each pairof alining rods are connected by the tonguelike shifting arms 30 which serve as a means of adjusting the arms so that the rods 29 may be inserted within the openings 28 of the lugs carried by the chains 25. These shifting arms 30 may be manually adjusted for also releasing the arms 29 from their connections so that the sprocket wheels 24 may continue with their rotation but the knives may be thrown out of use. Y

Journaled upon the bars 27 is a shait having a crank handle 31 at each end therecf whereby the same may be manually rotated and'connected to this shaft are the chains 32 having their opposite ends connected to the rods 29 whereby when said rods 29 are released from the. sprocket chains 25 and the crank handles rotated the knives 23 and their supporting frame may be raised and lowered. 'The butter properly rolled out upon the table 6 is now in form to be cut by the cutting lniives 23 and by removing the roller S and inserting the table into the butter cutting machine as better illustrated in Fig. 1Y the butter is then placed in position to be cut into blocks of the desired dimensions. The knives 23 and the frame to which they are connected may be lowered by releasing the crank handles 31and'the Yrods 29 V,brought into locking engagement with the lugs 28. Upon the rotation of the shafts 20 the kSprocket chains 25 will be caused to travel through their rectangular planes carrying the butter cutting blades ltherewith whereby upon the downward movement of the-cutting blades they will be pressed into Ythe layer of butter on the plate 6 and cut the same into equal strips. Upon the further movement of the sprocket chains 25 along the lower horizontal plane in which the chains travel the cutting knives will be moved horizontally over the board 6 pushing the blocks of butter indicated by the letter' A across the board and upon the further traveling of the sprocket chains in a vertical plane the cutting knives will be raised out of contact with the butter and again directed back to the position for cutting the next layer of butter contained upon the table 6.

Pivotally connected as at 34 to the side of the supporting frame are levers 33 only one being shown in the drawing having slidably mounted upon one arm thereof an L shaped receiving tray 135 which is adapted to receive each block of butter A as it is forced from the table 6 by means of the knives 23. The opposite end of this lever 33 extends upwardly as at 34 and is adapted to lie in the path of travel of a cam projection 35 carried by the disk 12 so that when the cam 35 strikes the arm 34 it will raise the lever 33 and bring the L shaped receiving tray 135 upwardly and into the path of travel of a casting 36 supported at each end upon the disk 12. This casting 36 is divided up into a plurality of chambers so that when each bar of butter A is dclivered thereto the same will be cut transversely into a plurality of blocks preferably weighing a pound each. rllhe outer ends of the levers 33 are cut away upon which is adapted to slide the tray and thereby leave a shoulder projection livotally mounted upon the trays 135 is a bell crank lever 42 having one end thereof adapted to rest against the shoulder 43 for holding the trays 35 adjacent to the table 6 and preventing the trays from sliding upon the evers while the bars of butter are being delivered thereto. When the lever 33 is swung upon its pivot connection 134 and the disk 12 rotated the lug projection 4() carried by the casting 36 will strike against the hook 41 carried by the tray 135 which in turn will cause the lever 42 to swing upon its pivot and be released from the shoulder 45 thereby permitting the tray 135 when in its raised position to slide upon the arms 33 or assume the position as better shown in Fig. 1 so that the casting 3G will receive the full block of butter carried by the tray. Upon the return movement of the lever 33 the tray 135 will ride upon the cam projection 41 where it will be forced to the outer ends of the lever 33 and again locked in position by means of the lever 42. To cause the lever 33 to return to its normal position a lateral projection 44 is carried by the cam 35 and is adapted to contact with the pivoted lever v45 which rests upon the arm 34 of the lever 33 whereby upon the rotation of the disk 12 the cam 35 will first raise the lever 33 but when the lug 44 strikes the lever 45 it will press against the arm 34 and return the lever 33 to its normal position.

Slidably mounted within each comparterly wrapped.

ment of the casting 36 is a plunger 37 and extending from each plunger is a rod 38 and rigidly connecting each of the rods 38 is a bar 39. When the casting 36 comes adjacent the supporting tray 47 carried by the support 46 the plungers will be brought into operation for forcing the butter from the compartments contained within the casting whereby the blocks of butter will be delivered to the tray 47 and this tray may be covered with paraiiin paper or the like whereby each block of butter may be prop- To canse these plungers 87 to be brought into operation a lever 49 is pivotally mounted as at 50 to the disk l2 and the outer end of this lever is adapted to contact with the bar 89. .Projecting from the support l0 is a bar 48 which is adapted to extend within the travel of the lever 49 so that when the lever 49 contacts with the bar 48 it will be caused to swing upon its pivot and in turn the bar 39 will be moved. The projection 48 is a resilient blade and to release the same from the lever a cam projection 51 is also carried by the disk l2 so as to engage under the bar 48 and force the same away from the disk where it will be caused to release the lever 49. Also pivotally mounted upon the frame l0 is a spring pressed pawl 52 which is adapted to extend in the travel of the outer free end of the lever 49 so as to engage the outer end of this lever after the bar 48 has been released from the lever so as to cause the plungers 37 to return within the compartments within the casting 36 so that they may receive a new supply of butter.

lt is thought that the construction, operation, and use of the invention will be clear from the preceding detailed description.

Changes may be made in the construction, arrangement, and disposition of the several parts of the invention, without in any way departing from the iield and scope of the same, and it. is meant to include all such within this application wherein only a preferred form has been disclosed.

Having thus fully described my invention, what l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. In a butter-forming machine, a device for cutting a uniform layer of butter into equal strips, consisting of, a number of parallel knives at equal distance from each other and fixed at bars which are crossing the knives; endless chains at the side of the front-end and at the rear-end of the knives, adapted to move in a rectangular way in vertical planes at right angles to the knives; means for connecting the knife-bearing cross-bars to the chains, so as to impart to the cross-bars and to the knives a movement in a rectangular vertical way; means for disconnecting the cross-bars and knives from the chains if desired, and for raising and keeping the cross-bars and knives in the raised position.

2. In a butter-forming machine, a device for cutting equal strips of butter into equal pieces of pound-size or any other standard market-size, consisting of a square or mold, adapted to receive the strip of butter from a foregoing part of the machine; a casing of the size of the strips of butter and divided by partitions into chambers of the pound-size or other desired marketsize; a swinging lever, bearing at its one end the butter-strip-bearing square or mold and adapted to swing it into the way of the chambers-containing casing for transferring the butter from the square or mold to the chambers, and to swing it back after that to its first position for receiving a new strip of butter; a plate or mold on the side of the machine with compartments adapted to receive the pieces of butter contained in the aforementioned chambers; pistons on the bottom of the chambers, adapted to press the pieces of butter out of the chambers and on the aforementioned compartments; means for swinging to and fro the aforementioned lever; and means for moving the chambers containing casing and the pistons in the casings, so as to receive respectively to press out the butter, substantially as described and illustrated.

ln witness whereof l have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses. NAPOLEON OHOQUETTE. 1Witnesses OMER DoYoN, Ismonn DUQUETTE.

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